Re: Problem on rs6000-ibm-aix4.3.2.0 (Fortran) -DPIC

From:

Simon Richter

Subject:

Re: Problem on rs6000-ibm-aix4.3.2.0 (Fortran) -DPIC

Date:

Thu, 16 Jan 2003 02:55:35 +0100

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Robert,
> I think you can ignore inline assembler for anything other than
> C (including C++). I've never thought about it, but inline assembler
> in Fortran code sounds truly frightening! Anyway, if it was so
> important, why doesn't the compiler define it for you?
Current gcc defines __PIC__ and __pic__ if -fPIC or -fpic is used (this
is defined in the specs file), and actually this is the right way to do
it, but I fear that people are still using #ifdef PIC because they have
seen it defined on the command line and are not aware of __PIC__.
What would be needed is a good transition plan. For example, the
libtoolize command could list the incompatible changes since the last
version.
Simon
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